{"id":26754,"date":"2025-05-30T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-29T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/csw-yeo.1wp.site\/prayer\/prayer-diary-nicaragua-6531\/"},"modified":"2026-09-18T21:58:37","modified_gmt":"2026-09-18T20:58:37","slug":"prayer-diary-nicaragua-6531","status":"publish","type":"prayer","link":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/prayer\/prayer-diary-nicaragua-6531\/","title":{"rendered":"Prayer Diary: Nicaragua"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2440c67b17908b9b972f129262c39c07.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carmen and Lesbia are religious leaders in Nicaragua. They were detained on 10 August 2024 and haven\u2019t been seen or heard from since. Where are they?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">They are believed to be being held in La Esperanza women\u2019s prison, where conditions are poor, but they\u2019ve had no contact with their families or lawyers since they were arbitrarily detained \u2013 not even a proof of life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">J<b>oin the campaign and pray for answers: <a href=\"https:\/\/act.csw.org.uk\/page\/166643\/action\/1?ea.tracking.id=PDArticle\" target=\"_blank\">csw.org.uk\/WhereAreThey<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Sunday 1 June<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pray today for Carmen Mar\u00eda S\u00e1enz Martinez and Lesbia del Socorro Guti\u00e9rrez Poveda. Neither woman has committed any crime. Pray that the Nicaraguan government will provide an urgent proof of life for Carmen and Lesbia. Pray that they will be freed immediately and without condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Monday 2 June<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2024, we documented 46 cases of arbitrary detention of religious leaders. In some cases, multiple people were detained. Pray for the unconditional release of those who are still held unjustly. Pray that those who were forced into exile would be able to return to Nicaragua with their citizenship restored.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Tuesday 3 June<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pastor Efr\u00e9n Antonio V\u00edlchez L\u00f3pez is serving a 23-year sentence on trumped-up charges. The Protestant pastor has a history of criticising the government\u2019s acts of injustice. Pray specifically for Pastor Efr\u00e9n\u2019s health. Prison officials have sometimes refused to pass on packages of food and basic supplies from his relatives \u2013 including medicine for hypertension, blood circulation and other health issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Wednesday 4 June<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Throughout 2024, President Daniel Ortega and Vice-President Rosario Murillo (his wife) continued to crackdown on fundamental freedoms in an effort to silence their critics. Pray that they will be held to account for their crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Thursday 5 June<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Father Frutos Constantino Valle Salmer\u00f3n has been under house arrest since July 2024. The priest suffers from hypertension and diabetes, and remains under permanent guard. Pray for his health and freedom, as well as for other religious leaders who have been arbitrarily detained in Nicaragua.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Friday 6 June<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Last year, the Nicaraguan government stripped hundreds of civil society organisations of their legal status. Among them were religious orders, churches, entire Protestant denominations, schools, religious radio and television outlets, and faith-based charities. Pray that the government would unfreeze the bank accounts and restore the legal status of those who were cancelled.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><b>Saturday 7 June<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><i>Lord, nothing is hidden from you; even darkness is as light to you. And as we read in Psalm 139: where can we go from your Spirit? We pray that Carmen and Lesbia will know the closeness of your presence at this time, and that the truth will come to light \u2013 ultimately leading to their freedom. Amen.<\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span style=\"transition-timing-function: ease; background-color: rgb(248, 248, 248); caret-color: rgb(0, 123, 255)\"><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/2025-06-01-prayer-diary-nicaragua.pdf\">Download a printable copy of this week&#8217;s Prayer Diary<\/a><\/span><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Your daily prayer points for Nicaragua<\/p>","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":10105,"template":"","regions":[137,142],"class_list":["post-26754","prayer","type-prayer","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","regions-latin-america","regions-nicaragua"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26754","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/prayer"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26754\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41424,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/prayer\/26754\/revisions\/41424"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10105"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26754"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"regions","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.csw.org.uk\/es\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/regions?post=26754"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}